Hawar Islands
The Hawar Islands are an archipelago of desert islands; all but one are owned by Bahrain, while the southern, small, and uninhabited Jinan Island is administered by Qatar as part of its Al-Shahaniya municipality.- Type: Island
- Description: desert islands in the Gulf of Bahrain
- Also known as: “Hawareilanden”, “Hawárské ostrovy”, “جزيرة حوار”, “جزیره حوار”, “جزیرهٔ حوار”, “海瓦尔群岛”, and “海瓦爾群島”
Hawar Islands
- Categories: archipelago and landform
- Location: Bahrain, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
25.6446° or 25° 38′ 41″ north
Longitude
50.7677° or 50° 46′ 4″ east
Population
3,880
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
7HQGJQV9+R3
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Hawar Islands” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر حوار”
- Azerbaijani: “Havar”
- Basque: “Hawar uharteak”
- Bengali: “হাওয়ার দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Catalan: “illes Hawar”
- Catalan: “Illes Hawar”
- Cebuano: “Hawar Islands”
- Cebuano: “Jazīrat Ḩawār”
- Central Bikol: “Kaislahan kan Hawar”
- Chinese: “侯瓦尔群岛”
- Chinese: “侯瓦爾群島”
- Croatian: “Otočje Hawar”
- Czech: “Hawár”
- Dutch: “Hawar-eilanden”
- Esperanto: “Insuloj Haŭaroj”
- Finnish: “Hawarsaaret”
- French: “îles Hawar”
- French: “Îles Hawar”
- German: “Hawar-Inseln”
- Greek: “Νήσοι Χαουάρ”
- Hebrew: “איי חוואר”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Hawar”
- Italian: “Isole Hawar”
- Japanese: “ハワール諸島”
- Kannada: “ಹವರ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
- Kirghiz: “Хавар аралдары”
- Korean: “하와르 군도”
- Lithuanian: “Havaro salos”
- Malayalam: “ഹവാർ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hawar Islands”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hawarøyane”
- Norwegian: “Hawarøyene”
- Persian: “جزایر حوار”
- Polish: “Hawar”
- Polish: “Wyspy Hawar”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Hauar”
- Portuguese: “Juzur Hawar”
- Russian: “Хавар”
- Spanish: “Islas Hawar”
- Swedish: “Hawaröarna”
- Tulu: “ಹವರ್ ದ್ವೀಪೊಲು”
- Turkish: “Havar Adaları”
- Turkish: “Hawar Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Хавар”
- Urdu: “جزائر حوار”
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